Super-12 Match 2 : Sam Curran's 5 for 10 powered England to restricted Afghanistan on 112 runs and won by 5 wkts

ICC T20 worldcup 2022 England vs Afghanistan match played on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at Perth Stadium, Perth.

Putting into bat first by England, Afghanistan with very poor batting performances managed to score 112 runs in 19.4 overs. Ibrahim Zadran with 32 runs and Usman Ghani with 30 runs were top scorer for Afghanistan. Sam Curran bowled his career spell and took 5 wickets of just 10 runs in his 3.4 overs. Ben Stokes and Mark Wood also took 2 wickets each for England.

Following small target of 113 runs, England batemen bated sensible cricket and made chase easily in 18.1 overs having lost 5 wickets and won the match by 5 wickets. Liam Livingstone with 29 unbeaten runs were top scorer for England. Sam Curran declared man of the match for his 5 wickets haul with 3.4-0-10-5.

Man of the match :- Sam Curran (Eng)
Points : England 2, Afghanistan 0
England vs Afghanistan Full scorecard Toss : England won and field first Result : England won by 5 wkts Man of The Match : Sam Curran (Eng) Points - England 2, Afghanistan 0   Afghanistan 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Hazratullah Zazai c Livingstone b Stokes 7 17 1 0 41.17   Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w) c Buttler b Wood 10 9 0 1 111.11   Ibrahim Zadran c Ali b Curran 32 32 3 1 100.00   Usman Ghani c Livingstone b Curran 30 30 3 0 100.00   Najibullah Zadran c Rashid b Stokes 13 11 0 1 118.18   Mohammad Nabi (c) c Buttler b Wood 3 5 0 0 60.00   Azmatullah Omarzai c Stokes b Curran 8 6 1 0 133.33   Rashid Khan c Hales b Curran 0 1 0 0 0.00   Mujeeb Ur Rahman c & b Woakes 0 1 0 0 0.00   Fareed Ahmad not out 2 4 0 0 50.00   Fazalhaq Farooqi c Malan b Curran 0 2 0 0 0.00                   Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7           Total (20.0 overs) 112/10 RR: 5.69   England       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Ben Stokes 4 0 19 2 0 1 4.75   Chris Woakes 4 0 24 1 0 1 6.00   Mark Wood 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.75   Sam Curran 3.4 0 10 5 0 1 2.72   Adil Rashid 4 0 32 0 0 0 8.00   England 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Jos Buttler (c) (w) c Mujeeb b Fazalhaq Farooqi 18 18 3 0 100.00   Alex Hales c Fazalhaq Farooqi b Fareed Ahmad 19 20 0 1 95.00   Dawid Malan c Mohammad Nabi b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 18 30 0 0 60.00   Ben Stokes b Mohammad Nabi 2 4 0 0 50.00   Liam Livingstone not out 29 21 3 0 138.09   Harry Brook c Ibrahim Zadran b Rashid Khan 7 6 0 0 116.66   Moeen Ali not out 8 10 0 0 80.00   Chris Woakes               Sam Curran               Adil Rashid               Mark Wood                               Extras (w 12) 12           Total (18.1 overs) 113/5 RR: 6.22   Afghanistan       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 24 1 0 3 6.00   Azmatullah Omarzai 1.1 0 11 0 0 3 9.42   Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 22 1 0 0 5.50   Rashid Khan 4 0 17 1 0 0 4.25   Fareed Ahmad 2 0 23 1 0 1 11.50   Mohammad Nabi 3 0 16 1 0 0 5.33 ICC T20 Worldcup Points Table 2022